Superconductivity of a Charged Ideal 2-Dimensional Bose Gas

1959; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 115; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1103/physrev.115.254

ISSN

1536-6065

Autores

Robert M. May,

Tópico(s)

Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Resumo

It is well-known that the 2-dimensional Bose gas does not condense, and that no transition occurs in its thermodynamic behavior. Despite this, we find that in a magnetic field a 2-dimensional gas of charged, ideal bosons has a nearly sharp transition temperature, below which it displays an "imperfect" Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect, practically indistinguishable from the perfect London one. This fact is relevant to the application of the Bose gas model of superconductivity to thin films.The main interest of the model is, however, that it exhibits an (essentially perfect) Meissner-Ochsenfeld effect without any irregularity in ${C}_{V}(T)$.

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